Vatican Museum on Time Magazine’s list of The Most Influential Places in History

And we have no argument with that!*

Time magazine states, ‘The museums house Raphael’s The School of Athens, Leonardo da Vinci’s St. Jerome in the Wilderness and the Belvedere Torso as well as Michelangelo’s masterpiece, the Sistine Chapel. More than 4 million people visit each year.’

The full list of Time Magazine’s Most Influential Places in History is:

• Sequoia National Park
• Silicon Valley
• The Grand Canyon
• Sutter’s Mill
• Central Park
• Wall Street
• New York City
• Cape Canaveral
• Iguaçu National Park, Brazil
• Vatican Museums, Vatican City
• Stonehenge, Britain
• Dublin
• Mainz, Germany
• Waterloo
• The Galápagos Rift
• The Louvre
• The Bastille
• European Central Bank, Frankfurt
• Athens
• Western Wall, Jerusalem
• Calvary Hill, Jerusalem
• Istanbul
• Mecca
• Damascus
• Ethiopia
• Africa
• The Great Pyramid and Sphinx, Giza
• Timbuktu
• Simien National Park, Ethiopia
• Taj Mahal, India
• Mahabodhi Temple, India
• Angkor, Cambodia
• Great Barrier Reef, Australia
• Sydney Opera House
• Fukushima, Japan
• Koshima
• The North Pole
• The Moon

* Although we would have been even more in agreement should Florence, as the home of the Renaissance, have been listed too!

Our guided small-group, skip-the-line tour of the Vatican allows you to see some great collections of precious arts as you visit the Vatican Museum with a great tour guide – and skip the line to do so.

To explore must-see sights in Rome’s amazing historical city centre such as The Coliseum, Arch of Constantine, Roman Forum, and the Trevi Fountain, we have small-group Rome guided tours with a great tour guide.

Check out Artviva Walking Tours website for more tours in Florence, Rome, Venice, Cinque Terre, Umbria, Naples, Pompeii and more. We also have private tours in Florence (and Tuscany), Rome, Venice, and to the Cinque Terre and beyond.